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- From: jacobs@cs.utah.edu (Steven R Jacobs)
- Subject: Re: TSN (The Sierra Network) BJ
- Message-ID: <JACOBS.93Jan23095141@cells.cs.utah.edu>
- In-reply-to: larry@labrador.fishkill.ibm.com's message of Thu, 21 Jan 93 21:34:56 GMT
- Organization: University of Utah CS Dept
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- Date: 23 Jan 93 09:51:41
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- In article <1993Jan21.213456.55960@watson.ibm.com> larry@labrador.fishkill.ibm.com (Larry Pieniazek) writes:
- > In article <JACOBS.93Jan21120522@cells.cs.utah.edu>, jacobs@cs.utah.edu
- >(Steven R Jacobs) writes:
- >> In article <1993Jan21.150610.54780@watson.ibm.com>
- >larry@labrador.fishkill.ibm.com (Larry Pieniazek) writes:
- >>
- >>> I'm not sure what surrender is, but I don't think it has it.
- >
- > If "surrender" is in the FAQ, point me at it, but if not, would
- > love to learn what it is.
-
- I believe it is in the FAQ, which should be posted any day now (where
- have we heard this before....)
-
- >> No need for extra skew, the player probably has a 1%+ edge at this
- >> game just by using basic strategy.
- >> --
- >
- > Would it pay to hit soft hands that you would normally stand on (say
- > a soft 17 against the dealer's 5 showing) to try to get the 5 card max
- > 2:1 bonus or is that not a good plan?
-
- It depends on the number of cards you are holding. Obviously, you should
- hit any 4-card soft hand, since you are guaranteed to win 2:1 by doing so.
- This rule will also cause some changes in the hit/stand decision when
- holding 3 cards, but I can't give an exact list of these exceptions to
- basic strategy (I've computed such lists before, but it is a royal pain).
- --
- Steve Jacobs ({bellcore,hplabs,uunet}!utah-cs!jacobs, jacobs@cs.utah.edu)
- "Don't worry, I just have these harmless pocket rockets...."
-